Cyclodextrin Clinical Trial Update ~ 01/07/2015

Dear NNPDF Families and Friends,

We are pleased to share with the foundations Niemann-Pick Disease type C (NPC) families and community a recent development pertaining to the Cyclodextrin clinical trial. The recently incorporated, Vtesse, a rare disease company spun-off from Cydan Development, Inc., which is focused on developing drugs for Niemann-Pick Disease Type C (NPC) and other severe diseases with great unmet need, will begin collaborating with the National Institutes of Health on furthering development of Cyclodextrin (VTS-0270) for Niemann-Pick type C.

Vtesse also announced that it has established a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) and the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS), each a component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Vtesse and NCATS have also entered into a licensing agreement for the current rights held by NIH for the worldwide use of cyclodextrin, delta-tocopherol, and derivatives of tocopherol, alone or in combination, for the treatment of lysosomal storage diseases (LSDs), including NPC. Regulatory orphan designations for the U.S. and EU will be also be transferred to Vtesse.

UPDATE: 12:34pm ~ We’ve added additional links to articles covering the same press release from the National Institutes of Health and the Wall Street Journal (WSJ paid online subscription required) at the above link.

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